I’m celebrating the release of my brand new book, Pop Manga Drawing, by hosting a drawing contest! You can enter by drawing my Fuzzy Bee 🐝 lesson or Angry Flower Power 🌸 or BOTH!

Here are 2 full lessons from my book you can follow! (Right-click and select Save or Open Image In New Tab to get the largest lesson file size!) Once you’ve finished, post your drawing with the hashtags #PopMangaDrawing and #PopMangaDrawingContest on either Twitter, Instagram or Facebook and make sure to tag me in your post! I’ll be picking 5 winners to send a copy of the book along with an exclusive signed mini print, international entries are welcome as well! So get drawing, you guys! ✏

The contest runs from Sept 2-14 so you’ve got almost 2 weeks to show me what you got!! Good luck, everyone and have fun! 😘
There’s NO PURCHASE NECESSARY to enter BUT, it is ages 18+! Contest is open internationally, but void where prohibited or restricted by law. If you have questions, email info@camilladerrico.com

My new Pop Manga Drawing book is coming soon! Preorders open April 24th at 9AM PST on The Camilla Store on Etsy. I’m so excited for you all to see it! I created 30 brand new step-by-step lessons including advanced and master class lessons. The first 100 Preorders will receive a preorder exclusive sticker and signed postcard! I hand-embellished 20 of these postcard babies with extra glitter to give them an extra special touch.

When you order directly from my Etsy or custom print shop it supports me directly as an artist. Adding fun and exclusive bonuses to your orders you can’t get anywhere else is a way I can say a big Thank You for your support!

After you place your preorder for Pop Manga Drawing starting April 24th on Etsy, preorders will ship after July 12th. You can preorder your copy here.

Check out my NEW book Pop Manga Drawing! It’s a Step-by-step how to draw followup to my book Pop Manga, with all new lessons and art. 30 new lessons, baby! In my first book I taught you the basics, and now you’re moving on to advanced and master classes.

Pre-orders for my new How To Draw book will launch on my Etsy Shop April 24th. The first 100 preorders will get an exclusive Signed postcard and sticker! Every order after that will get one of two EXCLUSIVE postcards that you can only get from my shop! These are postcards you can color and enter to win a free sketch by me! When you order from my store you help support me directly as an artist. The books will ship out to you in July when they arrive to my shop!

I’m so excited to announce my 2nd Creativebug video class, “How To Draw Manga Figures”, is now live! I worked with their professional recording team to create beautiful, thorough step-by-step lessons on drawing manga. This class is the 2nd one (I have one on Manga Faces here!) and now you can watch it on the Creativebug website by signing up here.

Creativebug is a fantastic online learning community that offers video lessons from lots of different creative instructors by monthly subscription. You can sign up for a free trial and have access to loads of amazing, high quality, professional video lessons. It’s an awesome way to support creators directly, and learn new creative skills! I had a lot of fun making these videos, and I hope you enjoy getting to watch them! Check out How To Draw Manga Figures here!

Get ready Calgary, I’m headed to Calgary Expo for my next trip! I’m coming back to tables X4-5 in the Main Hall Guest Artist Section, and bringing new art and goodies with me!

Special Events

I’m going to be live painting at the Kensington Art Supplies booth Friday, April 28 from 3pm-4pm. Come visit and watch me work on a brand new painting! I’ll have copies of my How-To guide “Pop Painting” at the expo, which shows step-by-step how I make my paintings, with lots of photos! I’ll be signing books all weekend, so come say hi!

Pop Coloring Panel

I’m presenting a panel on Pop Manga Coloring Book this weekend at Calgary Expo. Come to room Palomino AB on Saturday April 29th at 11am and you can color pages from Pop Manga Coloring Book with me! I’m bringing some packs of colored pencils for you, or you can bring your own, and pick up a Calgary Expo exclusive printed page of Pop Manga Coloring Book. See you there!

Geek Girl Gathering

I’ll be part of the Geek Girl Gathering on Friday night! This will be a mixer-type event with other geeky and awesome creative gals, with drinks and prizes, so come say Hi!

I’m bringing vinyl stickers for the first time to Calgary Expo, and mix and match coaster sets! These stickers are great for putting on laptop covers, sketchbooks, even your car! Come check them out and pick our your favorites at my tables X4-5 this weekend.

Original Artwork

I’m bringing a small number of original drawings and Japanese Shikishi boards to Calgary Expo! I’ll take a limited number of headshot drawing commissions each day at the show. They could be pen & ink for $75 or graphite drawings for $100, here’s a look at one I did in Chicago!

Books

I’m bringing lots of books to Calgary Expo! You can pick up a copy of my graphic novel series Tanpopo GN Vol 1 & 2, or copies of my How-To books “Pop Manga” and “Pop Painting”! I’ll also have lots of copies of “Pop Manga Coloring Book”, so you could bring your new copy to color with me at my Coloring panel Saturday 11am in room Palomino AB! Or collect a copy of my newest artbook “Rainbow Children”. I’m happy to sign books for no extra cost, and you can ask about sketches in books at the show!

Totebags

Calgary Expo fans will have a chance to pick up one of my beautiful “Moonflower” totebags, or a new “Hello My Neighbor” tote! Each tote is double-sided with a zipper, machine washable, and strong!

Calgary Expo Charity Artbook

Calgary Expo makes beautiful themed artbooks with proceeds being donated to the Make A Wish foundation of southern Alberta. I’m honored to contribute artwork to this year’s themed artbook, “Fairy Tales & Classic Monsters”! You can pick up a copy of the artbook at the Calgary Expo Store in Hall D, and if you bring it to my table X4-5, I’ll sign my artwork page! Visit the Charity Auction for a special print of my expo artwork page, details are found here.

I’ve got something exciting coming soon! On March 15th I’m releasing my first online instructional class with Creativebug on How To Draw Manga Faces! I filmed with the Creativebug team in a beautiful, professional set with amazing equipment, and show you step-by-step how to draw in manga style using tools like non-repro blue pencil, and pen & ink. You can sign up to watch the lesson online here for when it goes live March 15!

What an amazing week of adventures! Camilla is back from her exciting double-trip to San Francisco CA and Phoenix AZ. Camilla visited San Francisco to film brand new instructional How-To-Draw classes with the Creativebug team. The team decorated the set in a delightful collection of Camilla goodies for the occasion.

Camilla’s beautifully shot, high-quality video classes are slated to release in March on Creativebug’s website. You can sign up now with Creativebug here! Camilla and the Creativebug team live-streamed to Creativebug’s Facebook. You can check out the full recording of the stream!

Thank you so much to everyone who came out and visited Camilla’s Kinokuniya Books San Francisco location Meet & Greet! Camilla had a blast chatting with everyone, signing books, doing sketches, and sharing her books with fellow art-lovers.

Lots of travelling means beautiful sights, and airport sketching sessions! One double-rainbow later, Camilla was on her way to Phoenix AZ for Creativation convention.

Visitors to Creativation convention Baker & Taylor booth #1425 got a chance to visit with Camilla and watch her live painting and live drawing demonstrations up-close. Camilla began a brand new painting for her Dorothy Circus Gallery showing in Rome, coming March 31th. Check out Camilla’s weekend progress!

Online fans on Instagram were treated to 3 days of Camilla Live-Streaming while she painted and drew, chatting with fans and taking questions in real-time. Follow @camilladerrico for more upcoming streams in the near future!

Thank you to everyone who tuned in to the streams, visited at Creativation, and to the teams at Baker & Taylor, Random House Books, Creativebug and Kinokuniya Books for their wonderful support!

Camilla loves you, San Francisco and Phoenix, and is excited for more future shenanigans and art-sharing events to come!

Would you like Camilla to appear for an author event, or at a convention near you? Suggest to your local book store or favorite local event you would like to see Camilla featured as a guest artist, and it could happen!

Many of these special goodies are one-of-a-kind releasing on The Camilla Store on Etsy Feb 3rd 12noon EST, so be sure to check early on release day here.

Special Giveaway

Camilla is sharing the love during her February 3rd releases! One lucky recipient who places their order on The Camilla Store or The Camilla Store on Etsy between February 3-6 will receive an original 5×7″ graphite drawing and Camilla themed card to give to their special someone, or keep for their collection. Preview more details here.

Camilla is appearing at Kinokuniya Bookstore San Francisco January 17th at 6:30pmfor a book signing & Meet and Greet event. Attendance and signatures are free! Bring your book or prints from home, or collect a copy of some of Camilla’s books at Kinokuniya to have them signed. Camilla will be offering original sketch artworkdone inside your book from $20ea.

More How-To Goodness To Come in 2017

Camilla is working on a special project with the team at Creativebug to bring you all new How-To lessons and videos. Stay tuned for more information by subscribing to Camilla’s newsletter here.

New Vancouver Studio

Camilla is opening her new downtown Vancouver art studio to the publicstarting this spring for visits and events. This will offer special opportunities for supporters to get sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes looks at how Camilla creates her artwork, visit with Camilla, and scope out never-before-seen goodies. Would you like to visit Camilla’s studio? Email info@camilladerrico.com to be added to the studio tours invites list.

Camilla’s new painting “The Frog Princess” debuts as a print for the first time, exclusively for Calgary Expo. A limited number of 11×14″ prints have been made, and will be available at Camilla’s tables X4-X5. Not going to the expo? Maybe a friend can help pick one up, or if any remain after the show, online release details will go out through our newsletter here.

Visit Camilla’s guest artist tables X4-X5 for prints available only at conventions, such as coloured “Moonflower” and coloured “Paper Hearts” mini prints.

Books

Visit Camilla’s tables X4-5 for copies of her newest artbook “Rainbow Children” and smashingly successful how-to books Pop Manga & Pop Painting. Camilla will have copies of Tanpopo GN 1 & 2 as well. Inquire your new book with an original sketch inside for +$20.

Apparel

Big beautiful “Puff” scarves are coming to Calgary Expo in extremely limited quantities. Scarves featuring Puff will only be available in person at Camilla’s convention & in-person events. Check Camilla’s calendar of events here for a show near you, or ask a friend to pick one up.

Pop Painting contest image #4 has been revealed! Share this image to Instagram, Facebook or Twitter (or all 3!) with the tags #Camilladerrico #PopPainting for a chance to win a copy of Camilla’s new book + a signed print of your winning contest image. One lucky winner will receive an original sketch inside their copy of Pop Painting! Winners will be selected at the end of 01/17/16, so get sharing soon! For full contest & prize details, check here.